Ursula

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ursula: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ursula: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #98, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#98highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ursula's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#983
1998	#1122
1999	#1018
2000	#1313
2001	#1170
2002	#998
2003	#996
2004	#1836
2005	#1589
2006	#1325
2007	#1196
2008	#1302
2009	#1526
2010	#1653
2011	#1608
2012	#1387
2013	#1433
2014	#1501
2015	#1649
2016	#1689
2017	#2706
2018	#2187
2019	#2458
2020	#2300
2021	#2073
2022	#2888
2023	#2346
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 40 of the 49 years from 1964 to 2012.

In 2015: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1649 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #98 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2012
Highest recorded position: #98 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ursula appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 981 births with the name.

Ursula across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ursula's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#98 (1964)	#98 (1964)	#907 (2012)	40 of 49	981 (1964–2012)	70 (1972)
England and Wales · Girls	#1072 (1996)	#983 (1997)	#2574 (2024)	29 of 29	481 (1996–2024)	24 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#229 (1998)	#358 (2015)	5 of 19	24 (1997–2015)	6 (1998)

Ursula by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ursula in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	316	6 of 10	53
1970s	421	10 of 10	42
1980s	173	10 of 10	17
1990s	50	8 of 10	6
2000s	15	4 of 10	4
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 53 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1972 and 1973, when recorded births fell by 36, from 70 to 34.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ursula appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #98 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Ursula's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1689	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1302	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1018	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	18	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	16	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	17	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	22	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	24	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	38	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	19	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	41	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	27	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	43	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	40	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	52	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	34	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	70	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	50	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	45	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	45	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	52	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	49	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	50	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	56	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	64	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #98, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 70 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Urte · #419, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gearoid · #100, 56y
Andrzej · #103, 63y
Winifred · #93, 61y
Yvette · #93, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Caoimhin · #99, 39y
April · #100, 52y
Gearoid · #100, 56y
Kieron · #100, 48y

Ursula was ranked #98 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ursula and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ursula without appearing here.

Ursula moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #4535.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1589 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Ursula

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1452.
Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #996 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1836 and #736.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Selma Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #2058.

Moved the opposite way to Ursula

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 while Aisling went from #154 to #42.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 while Alexandra went from #222 to #105.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 while Charlotte went from #171 to #63.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 while Ciara went from #146 to #32.

Moved the same way as Ursula

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 and Alma from #327 to #677.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 and Audrey from #85 to #768.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 and Diane from #215 to #768.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ursula went from #98 to #907 and Eileen from #17 to #677.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #98 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ursula

Ursula at a glance

What stands out in Ursula's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ursula across 3 official records

Ursula by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ursula appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ursula

Ursula and the names beside it

Ursula moved ahead of

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Moved the same way as Ursula

Ursula at a glance

What stands out in Ursula's record

Ursula across 3 official records

Ursula by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ursula appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ursula

Ursula and the names beside it

Ursula moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ursula

Moved the opposite way to Ursula

Moved the same way as Ursula